I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor... The Library of Poetry and Song - Pagina 717geredigeerd door - 1925 - 1100 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Melvin Konner - 2003 - 564 pagina’s
...civilizations buried under . . . nothing. In "Ozymandias," Shelley mocked their pretensions: . . . Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the...command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read . . . And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is O/.ymandias, king of kings: Look on my works,... | |
| Jeffrey Stopple - 2003 - 404 pagina’s
...years of study, I think I'm only just beginning to figure it out myself. Chapter 1 Sums and Differences I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two...them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies . . . Percy Bysshe Shelley 1.1. Polygonal Numbers The Greek word gnomon means the pointer on a sundial,... | |
| Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pagina’s
...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ENGLISH (1770-1850) Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two...lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my... | |
| Ken Coates - 2004 - 292 pagina’s
...peace and human rights activists may be so important. Afterword The War in Iraq Full Spectrum Dominance I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said:...lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my... | |
| S. Frederick Starr - 2004 - 518 pagina’s
...dreams. Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias" would have felt at home in this harsh environment: I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless...lifeless things. The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my... | |
| Richard Dawkins - 2004 - 700 pagina’s
...'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled...lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my... | |
| Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 pagina’s
...Yet leave no lustre on our page of death. pent] shut up within 142 Ozymandias PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two...lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my... | |
| Shelley Kaehr - 2005 - 152 pagina’s
...it brings a new sense of just how connected we all really are. 85 Ozymandias Greek for 'Ramses II' I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two...lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my... | |
| S. Guy Lovelace - 2005 - 228 pagina’s
...Percy Bysshe Shelly's poem that Mike recited when he saw the bulldozer. Ozymandias I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless...lifeless things The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; Look upon my... | |
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